Noun: hieroglyf
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | hieroglyf |
| Sg. definite | hieroglyffen |
| Pl. indefinite | hieroglyffer |
| Pl. definite | hieroglyfferne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | hieroglyfs |
| Sg. definite | hieroglyffens |
| Pl. indefinite | hieroglyffers |
| Pl. definite | hieroglyffernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hieroglyf
apostrof,
gummiparagraf,
giraf,
kalif,
bøf,
bif,
petroglyf,
hieroglyf,
paragraf,
filosof,
grif,
glyf,
slof,
Etymology
From French hiéroglyphe, backformation from the adjective hiéroglyphique, via Latin hieroglyphicus from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “to carving”) + -ικός (-ikós). See: French Nouns '
hiéroglyphe', Latin Nouns '
hieroglyphicus'.
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